41.   Similarly, new companies are racing to offer long-distance telephone service over the Internet because it avoids access charges.

42.   Today, both companies are racing to catch up.

43.   TV stations have been fetching good prices as companies race to consolidate their holdings.

44.   Two drug companies are racing to get federal approval to market a vaccine to fight Lyme disease, after they reported that separate human trials showed sufficiently positive results.

45.   Web trading is arriving in time for the many large companies already racing to sell shares directly to the public.

46.   While Sprint and others build their new wireless networks, existing cellular companies will be racing to deploy digital technology that will increase their network capacity.

47.   Phone companies are racing to catch up.

48.   At least three for-profit companies are racing to develop large amounts of embryonic stem cells even as President Bush struggles to decide what the federal government should do.

49.   At least three for-profit companies are racing to develop large amounts of embryonic stem cells even as President Bush struggles to decide whether the government should hinder such research.

50.   Drug companies have been racing to combine their budgets for a better chance of coming up with new blockbuster drugs.